I must confess – this hop is the first time I’ve inked up this set. I’ve been using the dies lots for all kinds of projects (click here to see some) but they haven’t been Christmas themed, so I haven’t yet used the stamp set. This is definitely a die set that stands alone well – but it’s always fun to have the coordinating stamp set too!

There’s a strong snow theme throughout the Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue. In Australia, our traditional Christmas weather is hot. I remember one Christmas when I was in high school that had a crazy downpour of rain, but we’ve never had snow! So, with stamps in hand, I had a play to create a Christmas project suitable for those of us celebrating Christmas ‘down under;.

Using the Snow Globe Shaker Domes to form an ornament, I made decorations for the Christmas tree – one each for the kids.

There was a little bit of trial and error gettings these right. What I learned…

sequins work much better than glitter

although you can peel off the adhesive on the front edge, they look much prettier with a border

the middle part of the snow globe die fits perfectly inside the globe halves

Each ornament has a letter (using the retired Large Letter Dies). To achieve the baroque finish, I stamped the snow globe base stamp twice – one under another – and then heat embossed in silver. Two stacked on top of each other made it just the right height for the letter die.

I heat embossed the sentiment onto the cardstock I cut using the snow globe die and then adhered the letter to the back. I also stamped some sprinkles around the sentiment using the same colour ink as cardstock for a tone-on-tone effect.

The best part about the domes is they already have adhesive on the front and back of the domes. It makes turning them into a project so easy! To make the ornament, I took the tape backing from the reverse side of both domes, placed some Woven Threads Sequins inside one of the dome pieces, added the cardstock layer and then adhered the second dome to create an enclosed ornament.

To finish the ornaments, I cut two pieces of Silver Foil using the Snow Globe Shaker Die and the largest scalloped circle from the Layering Circles Dies. By removing the adhesive backing on the front side of the domes, I was able to easily stick these around the dome, creating a pretty finish. The final touch was some White Flax Ribbon and Braided Linen Trim for hanging.

The kids are going to love seeing their own ornaments on the tree. Although I wonder how much time they’ll spend on the tree and how much time they’ll be taken off for a good shake!

I can’t wait to see how my stamping friends from around the world use this bundle. Next up is the gorgeous Stesha Bloodhart, who always adds a whole lot of wow to her creations!

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s October Blog Hop! You’ve landed with Kelly Kent in the South West of Australia – and I’m very honoured that Brian King asked me to join his team hop as the guest designer for October.

A little background about the InKing Royalty’s hops…

This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by a single word – and this month our projects are centered around SPOOKY. With Halloween just around the corner, we are excited to share our spooky, fun projects with our neighbors, coworkers and family – and we’re excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

Halloween isn’t so big here in Australia. It’s catching on and I know our suburb will be filled with little witches, gremlins, ghosts and other spooky characters going trick & treating at the end of October, but it’s not as common to give cards or gifts with a Halloween theme. When Brian asked if I could make something ‘spooky’ I had to think out of the box. With little in the way of specific Halloween sets in my craft stash, I set to wondering what I had in a non-Halloween set that could be turned into a spooktacular creation.

A flash of inspiration saw the Snow Globe Shaker dome turn into a witches cauldron!

I used the die set to cut an upside down snow globe from a piece of Brightly Gleaming DSP. I then cut the same shape from Copper Foil and using my snips, cut around the edge to create a border. Add in a couple of 1/2″ circles for the cauldron base and the basic design was formed!

The background of the shaker was sponged on Shimmery White using glycerine mixed with reinkers for a smooth blend. The ink colours are Night of Navy, Smoky Slate & Seaside Spray.

The cauldron is mounted on a Basic Gray layer and then on a Smoky Slate card base embossed with the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder.

The finishing touch was a cute little Halloween sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set – I love having all those sentiments ready for practically every occasion, including Halloween!

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Thanks again to Brian and his talented team for having me along – it’s been fun to create something for a different occasion!

If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

Hello September! Which also marks the start of SPRING here in Australia. The weather is warming up, the days are longer and I couldn’t be happier about that fact. It’s felt like a very long & cold winter!!!

You’re joining us tonight for the September installment of our Paper Adventures team blog hop. In honor of SSSSSeptember and SSSSSPring, the theme is “S”. I can’t wait for you to see what everyone has made. We welcome our guest designer Tina Gillespie. Tina has the greatest sense of style and I love her quirky cards. Click on the next button below to visit Tina’s blog.

I’ve created a Snow Dome Shaker Card to share with you. I almost overlooked this bundle in the 2019 Holiday Catalogue because I don’t have a need for many snowy cards at Christmas time. But then I got to thinking about all the cool snow globes my kids have collected over the years – fairies, animals, places – and it occurred to me that I didn’t need to make it snow at all. Then Lou Kitzelman did a fabulous post with so many great ideas that I knew I’d made the right decision. See Lou’s snow globe post by clicking here.

Everyone loves an interactive card, so this Snow Globe is for a big kid – using one of my favourite DSPs (Pressed Petals DSP). This DSP is part of the buy 3, get 1 free promotion this month. And even though, being a specialty DSP, it’s the most expensive on the list, you can choose it as your free pack – how awesome is that??? See all the B3G1 DSP options by clicking here.

The layout is CASEd from the catalogue (page 43) – I love how the banner fits so nicely with the snow globe. All the snow globe pieces are from the Snow Globe Scenes Dies. There is also a coordinating stamp set (Still Scenes stamp set) which has snow globe outlines and a stamped base.

The card is filled with shaker pieces – butterflies, stars & sequins. The butterflies are from the Butterfly Beauty Dies, the stars from the retired Star Border Punch (I will never part with this!) and the sequins from a set in my collection (also retired no doubt!).

The Snow Globes are so easy to put together – like crazy easy! Cut the pieces with the dies, add a Snow Globe Shaker Dome and construct your card. The domes have adhesive on both sides, meaning no glue mess – I love the simplicity with the wow factor.

The sentiment for this card is from the Wonderful Moments stamp set.

With the dies and domes doing all the hard work for you, snow globe cards are quick to make. I was able to whip one up in 20 mins for a birthday party we went to last week. It’s a perfect theme for any style, age or event!

It’s my pleasure to hand you over to Tina Gillespie, our guest designer, so she can share her ssssssssssssensational sssssssssssss project…

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